Surname Мухтари (Mokhtari 
, Мухтари 
) , around the globe, is a common cognomen. The family name Мухтари is characteristic of Algeria, where it is quite a common surname, Morocco, and Maldives, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Algeria, Morocco, and Iran. Very seldom, Мухтари is the forename as well as the last name.